Marilyn Monroe Facts you may not know

Marilyn spent two years at the Los Angeles Orphans Home Society, also known as Hollygrove, currently known as EMQ located at 815 North El Centro Avenue, Hollywood, California. Hollygrove was closed as an orphanage in 2005, but still functions to help abused children.


Monroe's family had a long history of depression. Marilyn's uncle and great-grandfather both committed suicide by hanging. Marilyn Monroe's mother was also forcibly institutionalized due to a breakdown

After their divorce, Joe Dimaggio rescued Marilyn Monroe from forced institutionalization at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic.

Marilyn Monroe was a NOT a dumb blond bimbo. She was a savvy business woman. Fox, the movie studio she had a contract with was forcing her to do stupid, low level films that she hated.


Her first husband, Jim Dougherty, recalls that she used to rinse her face fifteen times after every wash.

At times she would smear Vaseline, cold cream, or hormone cream over her face.


When not wearing makeup, she would apply lanolin or olive oil to her face as a protecting agent.

She would sometimes take ice baths, prepared by her masseur, Ralph Roberts, into which she would add Chanel No. 5.

She told photographer Bert Stern in 1962 that she always used Nivea Skin Moisturizing Lotion.

Her favorite place to shop: Bloomingdales

Marilyn was five foot five and a half inches tall.

For 20 years after her death Joe DiMaggio had a dozen red roses delivered to her crypt three times a week. He never remarried. It is claimed that Joe’s last words were: “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn.”

Her death was ruled to be “acute barbiturate poisoning” by Dr. Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County Coroners office and listed as “probably suicide”, but because of a lack of evidence, her death was not classified as “suicide”. Jack Clemmons was the first police officer to arrive on the scene. He reported, “Marilyn was lying face down in what I call the soldier’s position. Her hands were by her side and her legs were stretched out perfectly straight. It was the most obviously staged death scene I have ever seen. The pill bottles on her bedside table had been arranged in neat order and the body deliberately positioned. It all looked too tidy.”

Contrary to her image, Marilyn was a shy person who allegedly broke out in hives when meeting new people.